is there a way to delete 1:1 DM by creating & using some sort of MEMBER-SPECIFIC token?

[jpwynn]

readme says: You can only delete your own messages, not the ones of others. This is due to a restriction in the Slack API and there is nothing one can do about it.

If our members are A, B, C I understand that the normal admin token used for deleting channel messages wont work for 1:1 DMs.

But if we dont mind having user-specific versions of Slackcleaner, is it possible to create some kind of "token A" on Slack that WOULD permit SlackCleaner delete DMs from member A, and another token for member B, etc?

Or is that what the readme is saying is that Slack literally offers zero API method for user A to delete their own DMs?

[sgratzl]

yes, each token owner can delete his/her own direct messages. I used a similar a approach in which I collected a token from each user and then run a clean operation for each user individually. This will also allow you to clean all private channels, since any token owner can only see the private channels he/she is a member of.

[jpwynn]

Thank you Samuel!

Can you point the way to whereever a member of my slack space would "create or get" whatever token they need to give me? (Sounds like one must log in AS that user to get/create that user's correct token, the admin cannot get it on their own?)

[sgratzl]

haven't done that in a while but each user just needs to follow: https://github.com/sgratzl/slack_cleaner2#token.